time friend and adviser to the president, is battling for
his job as Congress scrutinizes the Justice Department's firing of eight former
U.S. attorneys, including Iglesias. Many Democrats in Congress - and more than
a half-dozen Republicans - have called for Gonzales to resign over complaints
that the administration was improperly applying political considerations to
U.S. attorneys around the country. "The best way to put this behind us is your
resignation," Sen Tom Coburn of Oklahoma bluntly told Gonzales, in a new
Republican call for his resignation.

'Over his head'

Domenici's office has not disputed that the six-term senator
complained to Gonzales and Bush about Iglesias. Domenici first recommended
Iglesias for the federal prosecutor job in New Mexico in 2001.

"Mr. Iglesias lost the confidence of Sen. Domenici, as I
recall, in the fall of 2005, when he called me and said something to the effect
that Mr. Iglesias was in over his head and he was concerned that Mr. Iglesias
did not have the appropriate personnel to focus on cases like public
corruption," Gonzales said.

However, Gonzales said Domenici never pressed for Iglesias'
ouster. Domenici's office declined to comment Thursday.

Although he said he was contacted by both the president and
Rove about Iglesias, Gonzales told the panel that he didn't know that Iglesias'
name was on the list of attorneys to be fired until it was completed.

Still, "I was not surprised Mr. Iglesias was recommended to
me because I had heard concerns about the performance of Mr. Iglesias,"
Gonzales said.

Gonzales said he recalled speaking to Rove in the fall of
2006 about concerns over voter fraud in three districts - New Mexico, Milwaukee
and Philadelphia.

He said he believes he spoke to the president about Iglesias
on Oct. 11 about the prosecution of voter fraud.

"It appears that Mr. Iglesias was added (to a list of
prosecutors to be fired) sometime between October 17 and November 15," Gonzales
said.

Iglesias has testified that Domenici called him on or about
Oct. 26 and asked him about public corruption cases in New Mexico.

He has also said that Wilson called him on or about Oct. 16
to inquire about "sealed indictments" in public corruption cases.

Iglesias has said his interpretation of the calls was that
both "pressured" him to deliver indictments against prominent Democrats before
the Nov. 7, 2006 election.

Wilson and Domenici have admitted calling Iglesias but deny
exerting pressure on him. At the time of the calls, Wilson was in a close race
for her 1st Congressional District seat with then-Democratic state Attorney
General Patricia Madrid.

Iglesias did not report the calls to the Justice Department
until earlier this year, after it was announced that he was fired due to poor
performance.

Iglesias, in a telephone interview Thursday, said he doubted
reporting the calls would have saved his job.

"The consensus of my colleagues, which I agree with, is that
it would not have made a difference if I had reported it as I should have,"
Iglesias said. "It would have just been buried."

Absences at Issue

Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, a Vermont
Democrat, asked Gonzales about a Justice Department email that referred to
Iglesias as an absentee landlord.

Iglesias has said he might have been fired because he was out
of the office 40 to 45 days per year on Naval Reserve duty.

The federal Office of Special Counsel is investigating
whether Iglesias was illegally fired for fulfilling his Reserve duties.

The Journal has requested copies of all of Iglesias' travel
and work absences. But Gonzales said Thursday that ~absences did not play into
his decision to approve the firing of Iglesias.

"We have, of course, several' other U.S. attorneys who
perform military service. I applaud it and support it. It would not be a reason
I would ask a United States attorney to leave," Gonzales said.

Iglesias is involved in fraudulent removal of two of
our New Mexico paid for 12 person jury trial lawsuits to federal court. See
Exhibit I and
Exhibit J.Note
lawyer Walz [brother of Albuquerque Journal editor Kent Walz] testifying about
the character of Iglesias.

"Retaining legal counsel was
viewed as prudent to be prepared for any possible eventuality," Gallegos said
Wednesday.

Domenici and Wilson face ethics scrutiny by their peers after
Iglesias accused them Tuesday, during Senate and House committee hearings, of
calling him in October to inquire about public corruption cases in New Mexico.

Iglesias has said he felt pressured to speed up indictments
in an Albuquerque courthouse corruption investigation expected to involve
prominent Democrats. The calls came in October, in advance of the Nov. 7
election, in which Wilson faced, a tough challenge from Democrat Patricia
Madrid.

The Senate Ethics Committee has signaled it will look into
the allegations against Domenici, but Gallegos said the senator had not been
notified of any action as of late Wednesday.

It is unclear whether a similar inquiry will be launched by
the House Ethics Committee against Wilson, but Majority Leader Steny Hoyer,
D-Md., told The Hill newspaper that the panel "has an obligation to look at" a
complaint against Wilson.

A public watchdog group, Citizens for Responsibility and
Ethics in Washington, this week called for congressional ethics inquiries into
both.

Melanie Sloan, the group's executive director, said she
thought Domenici could receive a warning, but didn't anticipate action in the
House because it would require a member to file a complaint.

A spokesman for Wilson said Wednesday that she has not
retained legal counsel.

Blalack is a partner with O'Melveny & Myers' Washington,
D.C., office. According to the firm's Web site, he represents "targets of grand
jury, congressional, and regulatory investigations."

Massie Ritsch, spokesman for the Center for Responsive
Politics, which tracks money in politics, said Domenici is allowed to use his
campaign .contributions to pay for Blalack's representation.

James Fuller, Domenici's former political director, said he's
not surprised his former boss has hired high-dollar legal counsel.

"Pete Domenici has been a senator for 34 years, and he'~
never had an ethical issue arise like this, so he'll get the best counsel he
can get," Fuller said.

Local reaction

The sudden political trouble looming over Domenici and Wilson
had plenty of New Mexico political figures, including Madrid, talking this
week.

Madrid, who lost to Wilson by 862 votes in last fall's
congressional race, said the admission by Domenici and Wilson that they made
the calls was "shocking" and a "blatant disregard" for ethics rules.

"When a very powerful senator who holds the power to get you
fired makes a call like that to you ... absolutely that's pressure," Madrid,
the state's former attorney general, said in a telephone interview Monday.

Madrid also said those who were frustrated by the slow pace
of corruption indictments in the U.S. Attorney's Office might not understand
how hard public malfeasance cases are to prosecute.

Madrid herself was the target of criticism for bringing
criminal charges against cooperating witnesses in the federal case against
former treasurer Robert Vigil - a move that caused an important prosecution
witness to refuse to testify in Vigil's second trial.

Bernalillo County Sheriff Darren White, a Republican Party
leader, told the Journal this week that he wasn't surprised to see Iglesias
fired for poor job performance.

White said he "heard a lot of talk" about Iglesias being
replaced starting shortly after the 2004 election. He also said he wasn't
surprised Domenici asked Iglesias what was going on.

"I personally think he was hearing the grumbling," White said
of Domenici. "There was a lot of talk and much of it was in the paper, that the
corruption case was getting bogged down. People were asking questions about
what was going on in U.S. Attorney's Office."

Iglesias criticized

On Tuesday, Iglesias said the calls from Domenici and Wilson
were the first complaints he heard about his job performance.

"That was news to me," he said during congressional testimony
Tuesday.

He also said Iglesias, a President Bush appointee who has
called Domenici a mentor, was the "epitome of an ingrate" for attacking the
people who fostered him politically and tried, to get him additional resources.

Iglesias has come under tough questioning for not reporting
the calls as required by Justice Department regulations. He went public only
after he had been told he would be replaced and poor job performance was
mentioned.

He has said he felt betrayed by Domenici and Wilson.

Republican attorney Pat Rogers said he met with Iglesias in
October to ask about the courthouse investigation because "everyone in the
community was asking why Iglesias wasn't moving forward..."

Rogers said Iglesias seemed "out of touch."

The state Democratic Party took aim, issuing a statement that
said the incident had exposed the depths of "Wilson's hypocrisy."

"It's a real shame when people who present themselves as
honest disgrace their political careers and their constituents by placing
partisan gain above ethical performance," said state party Chairman John
Wertheim.

He called their "politically motivated intervention into the
judicial process a very grave matter."

Brian Sanderoff, a longtime New Mexico political observer,
said Wilson, an eight-year congressional veteran, is more likely to take a hard
political hit than Domenici, with 34 years in Congress. Both are up for
reelection in 2008.

"Domenici has a deeper reservoir of support to draw from,"
Sanderoff said.

And, as of this weekend, we're inside the White House now. In an
interview with McClatchy Newspapers, Alan Weh, chairman of the New Mexico
Republican Party, revealed that in 2005 he asked a White House staffer who
worked for Karl Rove for help in getting rid of U.S. Attorney David Iglesias,
then followed up directly with Rove in 2006. Weh was unhappy that Iglesias
refused to rush an investigation of Democratic officials in time for the '06
election.

Iglesias is involved in
fraudulent removal of two of our New Mexico paid for 12 person jury trial
lawsuits to federal court. See
Exhibit I and
Exhibit J.We have a criminal
government running New Mexico. But the feds like
this.Judge
James A[moco] Parker is seen swearing in Iglesias in
2001.

Note lawyer Walz [brother of Albuquerque Journal editor Kent Walz]
testifying about the character of Iglesias.

At one point, Domenici said, he and his staff asked the
Justice Department to see if the office needed more help, "including an
infusion of professionals from other districts."

Both Domenici and Iglesias are Republicans, and Domenici
recommended Iglesias for the prosecutor's job when he was appointed in 2001.

Domenici chief of staff Steve Bell said Saturday the senator
and his office frequently communicated with Iglesias about a range of issues
including caseloads, resources and legislative matters.

"My frustration with the U.S. Attorney's Office mounted as we
tried to get more resources for it, but public accounts indicated an inability
within the office to move more quickly on cases," Domenici said in his
statement.

"This ongoing dialogue and experience led me, several months
before my call with Mr. Iglesias, to conclude and recommend to the Department
of Justice that New Mexico needed a new U.S. Attorney." Iglesias was fired Dec.
7 along with six other U.S. Attorneys. He remained in the job until last
Wednesday, when he said during a press conference that his firing was
"political."

In comments to national media, he said he felt pressured by
calls from two members of Congress inquiring about the investigation. In an
interview with National Public Radio, he said he felt "violated" and like a
"deer in the headlights."

Iglesias said he didn't report the congressional contacts to
the Justice Department in accordance with guidelines.

Statement from Sen. Pete Domenci

I take this opportunity to comment directly on media
statements by former U.S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico, David
Iglesias.

Since my knowledge of his remarks stems only from a
variety of media accounts, I have hesitated to respond. Nevertheless, in light
of substantial public interest, I have decided to comment.

I called Mr. Iglesias late last year. My call had
been preceded by months of extensive media reports about acknowledged
investigations into courthouse construction, including public comments from the
FBI that it had completed its work months earlier, and a growing number of
inquiries from constituents. I asked Mr. Iglesias if he could tell me what was
going on in that investigation and give me an idea of what time-frame we were
looking at. It was a very brief conversation, which concluded when I was told
that the courthouse investigation would be continuing for a lengthy
period.

In retrospect, I regret making that call and I
apologize. However, at no time in that conversation or any other conversation
with Mr. Iglesias did I ever tell him what course of action I thought he should
take on any legal matter. I have never pressured him nor threatened him in any
way.

I was pleased to recommend to the President of the
United States in early 2001 that he nominate Mr. Iglesias as U.S. Attorney for
New Mexico. I knew from many discussions with federal law enforcement and
judicial officials that the caseload had become extremely heavy within our
state.

During the course of the last six years, that
already-heavy caseload in our state has been swamped by unresolved new federal
cases, especially in the areas of immigration and illegal drugs. I have asked,
and my staff has asked, on many occasions whether the federal prosecutors and
federal judiciary within our state ha enough resources, I have been repeatedly
told that we needed more resources. As a result I have introduced a variety of
legislative measures, including new courthouse construction monies, to help
alleviate the situation.

My conversations with Mr Iglesias over the years have
been almost exclusively about this resource problem and complaints by
constituents. He consistently told me that he needed more help, as have many
other New Mexicans within the legal community.

My frustration with the
U.S. Attorney's office mounted as we tried to get more resources for it, but
public accounts indicated an inability within the office to move more quickly
on cases. Indeed, in 2004 and 2005 my staff and I expressed my frustration with
the U.S. Attorney's office to the Justice Department and asked the Department
to see if the New Mexico U.S. Attorney's office needed more help, including
perhaps an infusion of professionals from other districts.

This ongoing
dialogue and experience led me, several months before my call with Mr.
Iglesias, to conclude and recommend to the Department of Justice that New
Mexico needed a new United States Attorney.

His comments followed a statement by a Justice Department
official who said Iglesias' departure was performance related.

Iglesias and three other fired U.S. attorneys are scheduled
to appear before congressional committees next week.

Bell said Domenici's confidence in Iglesias was shaken by
several failed prosecutions, including that of alleged arms dealer David Hudak,
and the outcome of the prosecution of former state treasurer Robert Vigil, who
was indicted on 23 counts but convicted on one count of attempted extortion
after two trials.

Vigil was sentenced to 37 months in federal prison,
but. Bell said there was a widespread perception the U.S. Attorney's Office
hadn't handled the case well.

"We had worked closely with him (Iglesias) on any number of
issues," Bell said in an interview. "The senator - and for that matter me -
never had any reluctance about calling him up."

Bell said Domenici was in contact with Iglesias about border
issues, immigration, narcotics, closing legal. loopholes in prosecutions on
Indian lands and other matters.

Domenici helped get funding for more prosecutors and a new
federal courthouse in Las Cruces but was constantly told more resources were
needed, according to Bell.

Bell said he was present when lawyers, retired judges and
others expressed frustration about the pace of the courthouse investigation;

The FBI began the investigation in August or September 2005
and had turned over the case to the U.S. Attorney's Office last summer.

Since that time, rumors of pending indictments have been
fairly constant. Iglesias said at his farewell press conference that an
announcement should be made by the end of March.

Iglesias hasn't publicly identified who called him but said
he would "name names" on Tuesday.

Rep. Heather Wilson, R-N.M., was locked in a tight race with
then Attorney General Patricia Madrid at the time the telephone calls were
made.

Wilson hasn't commented on the matter, calling it a personnel
matter.

The Sunday Journal Albuquerque March 4, 2007

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THE SUNDAY JOURNAL

Iglesias' Career Punctuated by
Drama

Once a darling of GOP heavyweights, the former U.S. Attorney
is now at the center of a growing political storm

Last Wednesday evening, while the political bombshells he tossed were
still exploding around him, former U.S. Attorney David Iglesias was feted at a
$16-a-head, going-away dinner and roast at El Pinto restaurant.

The heads of federal and local law enforcement agencies were
there to present the ousted Republican prosecutor with the inexpensive plaques
U.S. Attorneys get when they go out the door.

Presiding U.S. District Judge Martha Vazquez, a Clinton
appointee, was there to say a few kind words, only hinting at the political
ruckus Iglesias had started.

According to attendees, Vazquez said she
hoped it wasn't all the liberal ideas she had put to iglesias's head that
poisoned the well.

It was a "nice evening" according to one attendee, and it
might be Iglesias' last for a while, as he heads deeper into a political storm
in Washington, D.C.

Iglesias, a Bush administration political appointee, has said
he believes he lost his job because it took too long to bring indictments in a
long-running public corruption investigation.

He is expected to testify Tuesday before House and Senate
committees, where he says he will "name names."

Iglesias has all but accused New Mexico's Republican senior
senator, Pete Domenici, and GOP Congresswoman Heather Wilson of pressuring him
to bring the indictments prior to last November's election.

In some interviews, he has declined to say anything that
would identify Domenici or Wilson; in others, it is obvious be is referring to
them.

Iglesias was asked to resign on Dec. 7, along with six other
U.S. attorneys. Four of them have been subpoenaed by Democrats to testify
Tuesday.

Iglesias was allowed to stay on the job until Wednesday and
didn't raise allegations of being pressured until a Justice Department official
said recently that performance issues were involved in his resignation request.

Iglesias has been considerably more forthcoming about his
accusations in national media interviews than locally, making his most
explosive remarks to McClatchy Newspapers and National Public Radio.

In remarks to KOAT-TV on Thursday, he sounded ready to get on
the biggest stage possible.

"The best forum is under oath in front of cameras, in front
of a national audience, in front of Democrat and Republican congressmen," he
said.

He told the Journal on Friday evening that "the House and
Senate committees asked us (Iglesias and three other fired U.S. Attorneys) to
stop talking to the media until after we testify."

Wilson's office isn't commenting. Domenici finally addressed
the issue on Saturday, saying he called to inquire but didn't pressure Iglesias
in any way.

Domenici wasn't up for reelection last year, but Wilson was
locked in a tight race with Democrat state Attorney General Patricia Madrid.

Wilson had made Madrid's alleged inaction in the area of
public corruption a campaign focus.

There had been numerous news reports dealing with the federal
investigation into alleged kickbacks and padded contracts in several public
construction projects, including the Metropolitan Court Complex in Albuquerque.

Election observers felt Wilson, who ultimately won reelection
by fewer than 1,000 votes, would have benefited from a round of indictments,
especially if they involved several prominent Democrats.

The 18-month investigation has yielded no public indictments,
but Iglesias said Wednesday that an announcement in the case should be made by
the end of March.

Playing coy

Iglesias made sure his explosive claim - that he was fired
because he didn't respond to political pressure to bring indictments - was made
in the national media.

That story broke nationally while he was defending his staff
from what he believed to be criticism from the U.S. Attorney General's Office
to a room full of local reporters.

In one national media outlet, he said he felt "pressured." In
another, he said he felt "violated."

Other times, he has been coy. During his local press
conference Wednesday, he thanked an official at the Department of Justice for
giving him an extra 30 days on the job so he could find a new one. Then he
criticized the same official for not giving him six months to find a job.

Appointed by President Bush in 2001, Iglesias was looked on
with favor by then-Attorney General John Ashcroft.

Ashcroft appointed Iglesias to numerous department committees
including a border task force, an Indian crime task force and others.

At one point last week, Iglesias was asked for the high point
of his tenure as U.S. Attorney. He responded by describing his travels to
Colombia and Mexico. When it became clear the reporter was asking for the high
points as a prosecutor, he quickly got back to public corruption prosecutions.

Iglesias told the Journal, "I don't have any media handlers
or a script I'm working from."

The perfect resume

In many ways, Iglesias was everything some in the GOP were
looking for: Hispanic, evangelical Christian and a Navy veteran with a lengthy
resume and a White House fellowship under his belt.

Party leaders didn't think they could have written a better
script for a future political leader.

In fact, scripts are part of Iglesias' background.

He was one of several military attorneys who formed the basis
for Tom Cruise's role in the movie "A Few Good Men."

Iglesias, who was born in Panama, didn't have anything to do
with the movie.

He and other attorneys from the Naval Judge Advocate's Office
defended 10 U.S. Marines charged with assaulting another Marine at the naval
base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

There are a number of differences between the movie and real
life, the biggest being that, in the movie, the Marine dies. In real life, the
victim survived the hazing.

In real life, and in the movie, the hazing was called a "code
red" and the defense was "following orders."

Iglesias did provide technical advice to a 1990s theater
production of the play and movie in Albuquerque and is still a member of the
U.S. Naval Reserve in the Judge Advocate's office and will be on active duty in
April for two weeks.

Criticism

Based on his resume, good looks and pleasant manner, the
Republican Party made Iglesias their candidate for state attorney general in
1998.

Iglesias was a political novice in the race against Madrid, a
tough - veteran Democratic politician who was used to campaigning in every
small town and tea party across the state.

He lost by four percentage points, but some GOP insiders
complained that Madrid simply outworked Igiesias during the campaign.

Until 2004, Iglesias was still one of several Republican
officeholders being groomed for elective office.

But a controversy over a voter-registration drive, which saw
hundreds of phony voters registered in New Mexico, left some in the party
grumbling.

Bernalillo County Sheriff Darren White, a fellow Republican,
said he was disappointed in how Iglesias handled an investigation his officers
sent to the U.S. Attorney's Office.

"There was clearly voter fraud," White said. "We had two
15-year-old brothers who were registered to vote in a fraudulent manner. There
were cases like this indicted around the country, but not here."

In an attempt to recover, Iglesias appointed a voting fraud
task force and was promptly ripped by one of the appointees in the national
press.

Earlier this week, Iglesias said he angered several party
leaders when he didn't seek indictments.

"There are people who don't understand what federal law
requires," he said.

White said that, as a law enforcement official, he saw
Iglesias' predecessor John Kelly more often while on the job.

Iglesias
has been criticized for his travels and being out. of the office. He has
defended his time serving in the Naval Reserve, and he was a member of several
Justice Department committees that took him out of the state.

A 'very stand-up guy'

Friends describe Iglesias as a devoted family man and a
person of deep religious faith. He made repeated references to his four
daughters and his wife at his press conference last Wednesday. Friends said
that comes natural to Iglesias.

"David is a very loyal and ethical person," said Albuquerque
attorney Jerry Walz.

"He's demonstrated that over the years."

But Walz said an allegation that Iglesias felt was untrue
(that he was fired for his job performance) "didn't give him an alternative but
to stand up for himself."

Iglesias worked in Walz's law firm for a year before becoming
U.S. Attorney. They have known each other since Iglesias was an assistant city
attorney for the City of Albuquerque in the 1990s.

Walz said he was not privy to any of the details of the
political controversy in which Iglesias is now embroiled but described him as a
"very stand-up guy."

Walz said, "I'm not surprised he would stand up if he felt
he was done a wrong.

The Sunday Journal Albuquerque March 4, 2007

U.S. Attorney Plans To Resign

· David Iglesias will leave the
position two years early

Copyright C 2006 Albuquerque
Journal

By Mike Gallagher Journal Investigative Reporter

U.S. Attorney David Iglesias will resign in the next few
months- more than two years before his appointment expires, an office spokesman
confirmed Monday night.

Iglesias, appointed by President Bush in 2001 would normally
have served as the state's chief federal lawman until the end of Bush's term in
2008.

U.S. Attorney's Office spokesman Norm Cairns said Iglesias "has
had discussions with officials in Washington, D.C. Based on those discussions,
he has decided to move on."

Rumors that Iglesias was in trouble with his superiors at the
Department of Justice have been circulating for months.

The chief criticism of Iglesias has been that he had not
provided enough resources for public corruption investigations. Some of that
criticism has come from the political arena and some from the FBI, which has
made political corruption its No. 2 priority behind terrorism.

Iglesias' defenders, in private conversations, argued that the
federal prosecutors are overwhelmed with immigration and narcotics cases
because of the state's southern border with Mexico.

Confirmation of Iglesias' resignation plans comes while the
sentencing of former state treasurer Robert Vigil is pending.

Vigil was convicted of one count of attempted extortion and
acquitted of 23 counts of racketeering and extortion after a four-week trial in
the fall. Vigil's attorney, Sam Bregman, claimed victory after the second
trial.

Vigil's first trial on essentially the same charges in the
spring ended in a hung jury, with 11 of the jurors voting to convict Vigil on
at least some of the charges.

Vigil's predecessor, Michael Montoya, pleaded guilty to one
count of extortion in a scheme that netted him millions. Montoya testified
against Vigil.

Iglesias' resignation also comes while a second corruption case
is in the law enforcement pipeline. That case could be as explosive as the
treasurer's Office investigation.

The FBI has been investigating a kickback scheme centered on
the construction of the multimillion-dollar state and metro courthouses
Downtown.

Last month, Iglesias assigned additional prosecutors to that
investigation, which had been in the works since September 2005. The
investigation became public last spring when FBI agents began reviewing
construction records at the Metropolitan Courthouse.

The pace of that investigation has apparently been point of
contention between investigators and Iglesias office.

The FBI confirmed in July that it had sent a case involving the
courthouses to the U.S Attorney's Office. Since then indictments have been
expected or rumored on a monthly basis.

That investigation arose 'from a civil lawsuit between two
partners in an Albuquerque engineering firm that implicated former State Sen.
Manny Aragon, D-Albuquerque. Aragon confirmed he was a consultant to the firm
for a number of years.

A company affiliated with the engineering firm was involved in
the construction of the state District Courthouse. The investigation has
apparently spread to include architects, lobbyists, contractors and
politicians.

Cairns said he could not comment on any pending cases nor the
impact of Iglesias' resignation plans.

"Mr. Iglesias is looking at several job opportunities at this
point in time," Cairns said.

Iglesias, 48, ran as the Republican candidate for attorney
general in 1998, losing to Democrat Patricia Madrid in the general election. He
has served as an assistant attorney general and an assistant city attorney in
Albuquerque.

He was the first Hispanic nominated as U.S. attorney in New
Mexico since Richard Nixon's administration.

Message Bitzer is trying to get across is that
Iglesias is an upstanding pillar of New Mexico society, like
Richardson.

Let's see if, in fact, Iglesias can "handle the
truth."

We hope Iglesias is examining "the truth" surrounding criminal
complaint affidavits dismissed in violation of New Mexico state law against his
employees US Attorneys Dow and Hoses by metro judge Barnhart.

We hope you see the merits of our advice to wait
as long as possible in legal matters.

Something may happen to help your
case.

In our cases, Bitzer's below article may help.

"Handle the
truth."

Sure.

Let's write Iglesias and see what Iglesias
says.

Then post.

That's the New Mexico US federal court house
in the background.

defenders who participated in the case that
was later turned into the movie.

"There were three separate courts-martial in Guantanamo Bay,
Cuba, back in 1986," says Iglesias. "The movie fairly depicted the hazing
incident but they took artistic liberty with the trial, which I fully
understand. Nonetheless, this difficult trial turbo-charged my career People
still ask me about it"

In another high-profile case as a JAG, David Iglesias once
defended flamboyant SEAL team leader and author Dick Marcinko ("Rogue Warrior"
book series), who used to make something of a hobby out of demonstrating how
porous security was at various "high security" installations.

Marcinko's SEAL teams would pose as terrorists and seemed to
enjoy nothing more than embarrassing the base security personnel.

"('Demo') Dick Marcinko was the most colorful character I
have ever met. The special ops guys either loved him or hated him. For a junior
officer like me to defend a SEAL legend was a true honor," says Iglesias.

Early Years

After graduating from Santa Fe High School in 1976, David
Iglesias attended Wheaton College in Illinois before returning to New Mexico
for a degree in law. He followed law school with a four-year stint as a JAG at
the Pentagon and the Naval Legal Service Office in Washington, D.C.

He also earned a prestigious White House Fellowship, perhaps
the nation's pre-eminent bi-partisan leadership program for young
professionals, known for notable graduates such as Cohn Powell and former New
Mexico Gov. Garrey Carruthers.

"I was a Fellow back in '94-95 office's prosecutions are
immigration crimes and drug cases. Living this close to the border has its
consequences' says Iglesias.

Commentary on the president's pick for U.S. Attorney in New
Mexico has been overwhelmingly positive.

I've worked closely with David both in Navy and in civilian
life for 17 years. He has enormous talent and absolute integrity He is
visionary, energetic and a true leader in every good sense" said Northeast
Heights State Senator and Reserve Rear Admiral Bill Payne.

Bigger Than Guantanamo?

After four years of steady work that generally avoided the
public spotlight, Iglesias burst back onto the state and national scene in
September with the arrest of New Mexico State Treasurer Robert Vigil, as well
as his predecessor Michael Montoya on charges that include extortion and
racketeering.

Beyond what's already been published, Iglesias is hesitant to
say much more about the pending case or ongoing investigation out of concern
for jeopardizing further progress. But one cannot help but get the sense that
things have been meticulously examined and carefully considered before such a
landmark undertaking was launched.

Though news reports have various Santa Fe veterans commenting
about how long they'd known of or suspected corruption in the Treasurer's
office, nobody previously had done much to highlight or act on it.

Indeed, Iglesias has even taken the unusual step of running
this case solo, rather than in conjunction with the Attorney General's office.
Clearly David cannot only 'handle' the truth, he is not afraid to act on it and
served as a special assistant for Transportation Secretary Federico
Peña," says Iglesias.

Since turning to Navy Reserve status, David Iglesias has
served in the Albuquerque city attorney's office, as an assistant attorney
general for special prosecutions in Santa Fe, and with the state Risk
Management Division as well as the Taxation and Revenue Department.

Iglesias, who is now a captain in the Navy Reserve, briefly
returned to active duty in 1999, serving in Bahrain and aboard the aircraft
carrier USS John F Kennedy in the Persian Gulf.

During this time, Iglesias also made a name for himself on a
statewide basis in his very close run for Attorney General in 1998 against
Patricia Madrid.

"He was an excellent candidate. Very clear on what his
message was at all times," says political consultant and Albuquerque Tribune
columnist Jeff Gardner whose wife Dayna managed Iglesias' campaign. "He was a
solid fundraiser and an exceptionally hard worker."

"David was a very attractive candidate - thoughtful,
passionate, articulate," says Albuquerque Senator Mark Boitano. "He was the
perfect conservative candidate. I thought he had a better chance than most at
becoming just the second Republican Attorney General in recent history in New
Mexico."

Current Duties

Following the inauguration of President Bush in 2001,
Iglesias was appointed to his present post as U.S. Attorney for New Mexico The
job entails prosecuting federal offenses and defending the U.S. government in
lawsuits.

He runs an office of about I 50 people. "Ninety percent of my

On Balance and Going Forward

Though prosecuting elected statewide officials under a
federal statute that was designed to help prosecutors take on the mafia will no
doubt consume his professional attention for some time to come, Iglesias surely
has some ideas about where he would like to be professionally down the line.
But for now at least, he is holding those cards close to his vest.

"I love being United States Attorney Best job I've ever had,"
says Iglesias. "It's going to be a very difficult act to follow. We'll have to
see where the opportunities are in three years."

Despite a meteoric career and hectic pace, David Iglesias has
found a good balance between work and family life. He and his wife Cynthia have
four children and are members of Calvary Chapel church.

"I have three priorities in life -faith, family and country,"
says David, who is the son of a minister father and missionary mother

"During our I 7 years of marriage David and I have learned so
much about public service," says Cynthia. "We hope that we have passed on to
our children the importance of giving back to your community."

Assuming eventual and satisfactory resolution of the current
high-profile cases, Iglesias seems a top prospect for any number of future
possibilities.

Aside from questions about what David Iglesias can possibly
do for an encore, there also remains one other question: If not Tom Cruise, who
should play him in the next Hollywood blockbuster that borrows a chapter from
his stellar career? (and no, it won't be Ashton Kutcher!).